B70 



SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL 



Dasi'phora frutico'sa, syn. Potentil'la frutico'sa 



Flowers yellow, about K to 1 in. 

 across, solitary or in small clusters 

 (cymes) in the leaf axils near- twig 

 ends 



Stamens numerous, in 5 groups 



Outer united flower parts (calyx, or 

 "hypanthium") green, silky-hairy, 

 saucer-shaped, with 5 taper-pointed 

 lobes alternating with. 5 similar bract- 

 lets 



Petals 5, nea'rly circular, about twice 

 as long as calyx lobes 



Leaves alternate, leathery, evergreen, 

 divided (pinnately compound) into 3 

 to 7 leaflets: bracts (stipules) at base 

 of leafstalk, papery, sheathing 



Leaflets oblong to linear, silky-hairy, 

 whitish below 



Stems woody, up to 5 ft. (mostly 

 10 to 24 in.) high, usually much- 

 branched, twisted, tough; bark silky- 

 liairy when young, shreddy in age 



"Seeds" (achenes) small, numerous, 

 very hairy, with a club-shaped stalk 

 (style) attached below middle on 1 

 side when immature 



